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    HHMI SEA-PHAGES and GENES: Course-based UREs Designed for All
    The HHMI Science Education Alliance (SEA) program supports a community of faculty members and institutions embed research as a fundamental component of early undergraduate science curricula.

    Keywords: course-based research experiences (CUREs)SEA-PHAGES

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    Building Community-Based Approaches to Systemic Reform in Mathematical Biology Education
    This is an open access article from Bulletins in Math Bio.
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    BCEENET: Connecting digitized natural history collections with course-based undergraduate research experiences
    Biological Collections in Ecology and Evolution Network (BCEENET) brings together undergraduate educators, natural history collections professionals, researchers, and data experts to support the...

    Keywords: digitized natural history collectionsBCEENETcourse-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs)

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    Ciliate Genomics Consortium: a professional learning community sharing modular curricula to support undergraduate research in the classroom
    The Ciliate Genomics Consortium (CGC) employs an integrative teaching and research model that combines both inquiry-driven class laboratory activities and collaborative consortium pedagogies to...
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    EREN PFPP Species Composition Curriculum Module with Data
    In this lab, students will learn foundational concepts of forest community dynamics and apply quantitative skills to data analysis and interpretation activities. Students will use tree plot data...

    Keywords: forest ecologyecologydata analysisdata in the classroomCommunity Ecologyscience educationcourse-based undergraduate research experiencecurriculum materialsPlant EcologyPlant community assemblyCollaborative researcheren

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    CourseSource 2.0: Finding high quality field-tested OERs, publishing evidence-based teaching activities, and promoting community collaborations.
    Workshop materials related to the CourseSource platform. Presented at the the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    Keywords: undergraduate biology educationCourseSourceopen educational resourceevidence-based teaching2021 BIOME

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    Save the Bees, Ditch the Plow: A lesson exploring how squash bee abundance is affected by varying levels of soil disturbance.
    The purpose of this lesson is to explore the effects that three varying degrees of soil disturbance has on the squash bee abundance that is observed. We will learn about the importance of...

    Keywords: beesmutualismpollinatorscommunity-based conservationno till farmingreduced tillage

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    The Revolution Will be Backward Designed - YouTube
    This informal talk was presented by Dr. Bryan Dewsbury to the "Networking STEM Initiatives to Enhance Adoption of Evidence-based Practices (NSITE)" community in March of 2022.
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    Setting up PC12 Differentiation Assay Cell Block
    How to conduct a differentiation assay using PC12 cells. Complete video protocol.

    Keywords: PC12

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    Scratch Assay Cell Block
    A video and tutorial describing how to compete a scratch assay.

    Keywords: Scratch Assay

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    Hemocytometer and Counting Cells Cell Block
    This resource describes how to count cells using a hemocytometer.

    Keywords: lab protocolcounting cells

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    Growing Lung Carcinoma and Lung Fibroblast Cell Lines
    Basic information on how to grow Lung Carcinoma and Lung Fibroblast Cell Lines.

    Keywords: tipsCell Growthcell cultureA-549HFL-1

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    How to Grow Specific Cell Lines: Liver Cancer Cell Lines (SNU-423 and Hep-G2)
    General information for growing cell lines. One is a high-grade (fast) cancer the other is a low-grade. Makes for great comparisons within a class setting.

    Keywords: tipsCell GrowthHepG2SNU-423 ATCC

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    MTT Assay Video Protocol
    This assay works great. However, the cells are killed during the course of the assay. If you want cells to remain alive use the Alamar Blue assay.

    Keywords: MTT Assay

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    Easy Hypoxia Treatments for Cell Culture a CBEC Cell Block
    A combination of ideas we have found from various sources. These can be used in an undergraduate lab or Cell CURE.

    Keywords: hypoxia

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    Map Your Hazards! – Assessing Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk
    The Map Your Hazards module provides students an interactive mechanism to engage in place-based exploration of natural hazards, social vulnerability, risk and the factors that shape their...

    Keywords: earth scienceenvironmental scienceglobal changenatural hazardsenvironmental studiesenvironmental sociologyResources @ InTeGrate

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    Genome Solver - A bioinformatics pipeline for community science
    The Genome Solver was an NSF-funded project developed as a way to train undergraduate life science faculty in basic web-based tools for bioinformatics. As part of the project we developed a one-day...

    Keywords: phylogeneticsbacteriophagebacteriaHorizontal Gene transferGenome Analysis

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    Flying With Swallows – a Model for Undergraduate Research-Based Learning
    Moreno Valley College, a two-year community college in Southern California, experiences an annual migration of cliff swallows. The presence of these birds inspired the development of the...

    Keywords: researchresearch-based classroom instruction

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    CRISPR in the Classroom Network - Bringing CRISPR-Cas9 technologies to the undergraduate classroom: an undergraduate instructors' network (RCN Introduction)
    Our RCN-UBE seeks to develop a national network for the development and implementation of experiential-based course modules for undergraduates centered around CRISPR-Cas9 technology through...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    CUREnet: The Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience Network
    CUREnet connects people, programs, and networks working to make undergraduate research more accessible.

    Keywords: undergraduate researchcourse-based undergraduate research experienceCUREnet

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